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Monday, November 18, 2013

11-18-13 Schools Matter

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Other Sources Besides Amazon for TMoE
If you are looking for a copy of The Mismeasure of Education, try B&N or the publisher, IAP. All have the same price of $27.50.  Sorry for the inconvenience.


The Grit-sters Have a New Guru without CIA Connections
With the spook-ish Dr. Seligman too scary to mention in contexts involving children, his longtime disciple, Angela Duckworth, does not even mention Seligman in her mini-TED talk that CorpEd is pumping this week on HuffPo's education page.  Seligman's work with the CIA as an expert on learned helplessness, and then his work with the Pentagon on how to teach the joys of positive psychology to Iraq v
11-17-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: How's that RttT Working for You, Massachusetts?Massachusetts has been on the corporate education bandwagon since 1993 with the coming of MCAS, and in recent years the corporate PR machines have made the world aware of how much further ahead MA is in the international testing derbies and on NAEP.  Last week's appearance of new NAEP scores gave us a chance to have a fresh look at whe